Apparatus for cleaning boots and shoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. M. NEWBURY, OF SPAR'IA, WISCONSIN.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,252, dated July 10,1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L. M. NEWBURY, of Sparta, Monroe county, State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forCleaning Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure I is a front-side view of my improved foot-cleaner. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section of the same through the line .fr m, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object the furnishing an apparatus by means ofwhich the dust, mud, snow, Svc., may be removed from both the sides andsoles of boots and shoes; and it consists of an apparatus formed bycombining a hinged clasp with the brush, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A is the foundation or lower part of the clasp, and is secured to thedoor-step or other suitable support by the screws B.

C and D are the jaws ofthe clasp. The jaw D is immovably attached to thefoundation A, and has a hole through its side for the passage of thebolt E. The jaw C is hinged to the jaw D and foundation A by the pin Fpassing through the lower end of the shank ofthe said jaw C and throughthe projection Gr, formed on the foundation A and lower end 'of theshank of the jaw D, as shown.

The jaw G has a hole through it, directly opposite the hole through thejaw D, for the passage of the bolt E.

The bolt E has a screw-thread cut on its end, and the brush H is clampedbetween the jaws C and D by screwing up a thumb-nut, I, on said bolt E.

The brush H may be formed by placing the l broom-corn or other materialof which the brush is to be made side by side, after it has been cut tothe proper length, in sufcient quantities to form a brush of the properlength and thickness to fill the cavity between the jaws G and D.

The corn or other material may be secured in the proper relativeposition with respect to each other by sewing them with cords or in anyother suitable way; or they may be placed separately between the jaws Cand D, as may be most convenient, care being taken to have all the brushof the same length, so that the brush when completed may have thesemicircular form represented in the drawings.

By this means such a form will be given to the brush H that whencompleted it will have a form convenient for brushing either the solesor sides of the boots or shoes, cleaning them from all the dust, mud, orsnow that may be attached to them.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An apparatus forcleaning boots and shoes, formed by combining the hinged clasp A C Dwith the brush H, the whole being constructed and arranged substantiallyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

L. M. NElVBURY.

Witnesses M. A. THAYER, MINNIE A. THAYEE.

